Schwalbe Furious Fred TLR 29er Tire Review

Fred is Furious When I (JOM) built my Monster CX’er machine, I desired a tire (tyre) that wasn’t heavy on the centre knobbies, offered uber low rolling resistance, was somewhat lightweight, and could be configured tubeless.  Not your average trail tyre. Does such a tyre exist?  Who would make a 29’er tyre that would work […]

Training Ride 101 – Don’t bring a Knife to a Gun Fight

It was a lovely Tuesday evening, about 80 degrees fahrenheit, low humidity and temperatures forecast to drop into the high fifties overnight. Perfect conditions really, for an ad-hoc limerock / dirt / gravel ride here in Gainesville, Florida.  Typically, the night time limerock road CX Winterval / Hammerfests / whatever you want to call them, […]